Cotton-planter and fertilizer-distributer.



J. W. SHARP. COTTON PLANTBR AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLIUATION FILED ooT.'2a, 1911.

1,025,022, Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

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JOHN W. SHARP, or: KENYON, ARKANSAS.

COTTON-PLANTER AND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Application filed October 2,8, 1911. Serial No. 657,238.

To all whom z't may concern: l

Be it known that I, JOHN W. SHARP, a citizenof the United States,residing at: Kenyon, in the county of Jackson and Statey of Arkansas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Planters and Fertilizer-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cotton seed planters and fertilizerdistributers, and it has for its object to produce a simple andefficient device whereby cotton seed and fertilizing material may besimultaneously deposited in the ground.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve thespecific construction of the mechanism for distributing the fertilizingmaterial.

IVith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a t-op plan view of the machine constructedin accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview of the same taken through the fertilizer distributing compartmenton the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is abottom plan view.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

The hopper casing A of the improved machine is composed of the sidewalls 1, 1, front and rear end walls 2, 3 and a longitudinal partition4. The front and rear end walls converge downwardly and terminateadjacent to the bottom member 5 which supports a discharge chute 6. Thehopper casing supports an extension frame B which is suitably connectedtherewith by means of hinge members 7 and a clasp 8. The side members 1of the hopper casing are provided with boxes or bearings 8 for the shaftor axle 9 having transporting wheels 10, said shaft carrying within theseed compartment 11 of the hopper casing a distributing wheel 12 andagitating arms 13. The bottom of the seed compartment communicatesthrough an aperture 14 in the bottom member 5 with the discharge chute.Regulating slides 15 are provided for the purpose of gaging the escapeof seed through the opening 14.

Suitably supported upon one of the side walls of the hopper casingWithin the fertilizer compartment 16 is a gear casing 17 which affordsbearings for a vertically disposed shaft 18, the upper end of which hasan additional bearing in a cross bar 19 extending across the fertilizercompartment from the side wall 1 to the longitudinal partition 4. Theshaft 18 has a bevel pinion 20 meshing with a bevel gear 21 upon theshaft or axle 9 from which motion will thus be transmitted to the shaft18. The latter carries at its lower end a distributing wheel 22 having acircumferential series of obliquely disposed blades 23, saiddistributing wheel or disk being disposed within a cylindrical casing 24which is open at the top and which extends through the bottom member 5.The bottom 25 of the casing 24 is provided with one or more apertures 26of suitable size for the escape of the fertilizing material which isthereby conducted to the discharge chute through which it is conductedto the ground, together with the seed. A draft frame 27 which issuitably associated with the hopper casing is equipped with a furrowopener 28. A suitable gathering or covering device may be provided whendesired.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that a simple andeEective device has been provided whereby cotton seed and fertilizingmaterial may be simultaneously deposited in a furrow which has beenopened for the reception thereof. The fertilizing material particularlywill be ground and loosened by theJ action of the distributing wheel ordisk, the flukes or blades of which will cut the material from thebottom of the compartment and convey the same in loose or powder form tothe bottom of the casing 24 through which it escapes. Caking andnon-feeding of the fertilizing material is thus rendered practicallyimpossible.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A hopper casing having a seed compartment and a fertilizercompartment, a transverse wheel carrying axle, a gear casing in thefertilizer compartment, a vertical shaft supported for rotation in thegear casing and deriving motion from the wheel carrying axle, a feeddisk upon the vertical shaft having obliquely disposed blades, and acasing open at the top and extending through the bottom of thefertilizer compartment in which the distributing disk op crates, saidcasing having a discharge opening in the bottoni thereof.

2. In a device of the character described, a hopper casing having alongitudinal partition, a top extension frame hingedly connected withsaid hopper frame and also having a longitudinal partition, a Wheelcarrying axle supported for rotation between the hopper casing and theextension frame, a cross brace connecting the longitudinal part-ition ofthe extension frame with one of the side Walls of said frame, a gearcasing in one of the compartments of the hopper casing, a shaftsupported for rotation in the gear casing and in the transverse brace ofthe extension frame, a feed disk on said shaft, and means fortransmitting motion from the axle to the vertical shaft.

3. In a device of the character described, a hopper casing having abottom member, a feed casing supported by and extending through saidbottom member, said casing having an open top and an apertured bottom, afeed disk operating in the feed casing and having a vertically disposedshaft, a Wheel carrying axle, and means for transmitting motion from thelatter to the feed disk carrying shaft.

In-testiinony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

hi JOHN W. SHARP.

1113.1' lVitnesses DAN BARNETT, C. D. JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

